PrintsJapanese

Asleep at His Work

Artists

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono"; ink, color metallic pigment on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

paper: H. 21.6 x W. 18.9 cm (8 1/2 x 7 7/16 in.)

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First Twelve Paragons, from the Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijūshikō)

Kondō Kiyoharu, Mid Edo period, 1704-1720

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The courtesans Koi Murasaki and Hana Murasaki of the Kado Tama House from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)

Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演, Mid Edo period, dated 1784

Fifth two-page spread of an accordion-fold woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

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Man with Book at Elbow Dreaming of Courtesans

Isoda Koryūsai 磯田湖龍齋, Edo period, circa 1765-1770

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Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水, 1917

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Poetry Contest with Courtiers Retrieving Sake Cups from Stream

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, circa 1800

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Two Girls and Small Boy with Fishbowl

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, Edo period, circa 1765-1770

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Actors in a scene from the play The Story of Cherry Blossoms on Higashiyama (Higashiyama sakura zōshi): Bandō Hikosaburō IV as Ashikaga Yoshimasa kō, Azuma Ichinojō I as Kashitsuki Sugibae (right sheet), Onoe Kikujirō II as Besshitsu Fuji no kata (center sheet), unidentified actor as Koshimoto Kodemari, and Iwai Kumesaburō III as Ashikaga Jirō no kimi (left sheet)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, 1851, 8th month

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Hooking Mosquito Net

Itō Shinsui, Shōwa period, dated 1929

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I Brigade, First Group, Japan Bridge (Nihonbashi): Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Fish Vendor Isshin Tashichi, from the series Flowers of Edo and Famous Sites (Edo no hana meishō-e)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, 1862

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Portrait of Sphinx: A Suite of Six Etchings

Ikeda Masuo, Shōwa period, dated 1970

Set of six etchings: ink on paper

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